Well, Boris, I decided ~not~ to show the list the 347 other street shots I took with the lamposts growing out of heads, unexpected strangers walking through the frame, closed eyes, and all that other stuff. That's what I mean by shooting lots...
As far as "not looking through the viewfinder" until the moment that you shoot, well, again, that's just shooting lots, getting used to your camera/lens combo, and pretty much knowing in advance what the camera's viewpoint will be before you look through the viewfinder. No magic to it, just shooting lots, to figure things out. The less you have to think about before you depress the shutter release, the faster and less obtrusively you'll shoot. And, the more you can concentrate on your surroundings, and find those nice shots, as after a while, you won't even be conscious of your camera - it will become second nature. I think, FWIW, that the ME/M 2.8 35mm will be a great combo, for the same reasons that the MX/2.8 40mm Pancake is a great combo. Small, unobtrusive, quiet. It should be wonderful on the street. As for the price of the CL, well, Cotty's selling it for a little bit less than it would go for on, for instance, eBay, and quite a bit less than KEH. And, with Cotty (as opposed to some eBay clown you've never seen or heard of before) you know you'll get satisfaction, and the item will be as he described. It just happened that last summer, when I bought mine from Dave, I was in an (ahem) higher financial cycle than I currently find myself. Little did I know that I was very near the end of that high cycle, elsewise I mightn't have bought it. Oh well, no regrets... cheers, frank Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > It oh so often happens to me, though usually to the opposite > direction. I tend to not notice such things as poles growing out of > people heads, and so on. Though now, I try my darndest <grin> to avoid > that. Which by the way is going to be quite impossible if I were to > shoot walking by without actually looking through the viewfinder. > > <snip.Same here. I often see shots that I'd love to take, but I am > cameraless. > > <snip>My combo is going to be ME Super (when and if it comes out of repairs > alive) and M 35/2.8 bought specially for that purpose. > > <snip.Oh yes, I saw Cotty advertise his CL too. Well, too rich for my blood. > Though I think ME Super and M 35/2.8 is not too bad a combo. > > Thanks anyway <big grin>. > > Boris -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
